mestizo

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/(UK)
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/mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/(UK) · /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/(UK) · /mɛsˈtiː.zo/

Definition of mestizo

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US)A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
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noun

  1. (US)A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage.
  2. (Philippines, historical)A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French.

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